Securing means for rails



Feb. 16, 1932. M. RUPING SECURTNG MEANS FOR RAILS Filed May 14, 1931ynvenor Patented Feb. 16, 1932 i Aras MAX RPING, or Memoir, GERMANYSECURING ivrEnNsnon RAILS Application led May 14, 1931, Serial No.537,458, and in Germany September 15, 1930.

This invention relates to securing means for rails on iron sleepers oriron sole plates, in which the rail clips for holding the rails arepushed under stirrups secured to the iron sleeper or sole plate.

Tn order to obtain suiiicient lateral support for the toot of the railledges are rolled on the sole plates and the middle parts of theseledges, after being separated from the plate lo by slots, are bent toform stirrups. These plates are then secured to wooden sleepers by meansof screws -or nails or are welded to iron sleepers.

According to the invention the manufacture and provision of the stirrupserving as support, and the abutment for the :toot of the rail issimplified by a suciently strong bar iron being bent to form apreferably rectangular or trapezoidal frame, the lower part of whichlying directly beside the foot of the rail on the plate or iron sleeperserves as abutment for the toot of the rail. The two ends of the ironbar are bent downwards and passed through an opening in the plate orsleeper and then bent upwards to touch the sleeper or plate, or formedtogether to a rivet head and may then preferably be'welded to thesleeper or plate.

This trapezoidal frame may .also be f" stamped from an iron plate andprovided with a downwardly directed extension, which passes through theopening of the plate or sleeper and is riveted after which it ispreferably welded to the sleeper or plate.Y A constructional example ofthe invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Fig. l showson the lett a cross section on the line T T of Fig. 2, and on the righta dilierent construction. Fig. 2 shows a section on the line II-II ofFig. l.

Fig. 3 shows the side elevation of a sole plate with stamped out frame.

The iron sleeper a is provided with a cut away part Z2.

The two downwardly bent straight ends 0` of the iron bar el bent in theform of a closed frame of trapezoidal shape, are passed through this cutaway part. The parts of the iron bar c` which project downwards through5U holes, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2, are bent upwards awayfrom the middle line until they bear against sleeper a, and then as isshown at e on the left hand side ot Fig. l, are preferably welded to thelower surface oi.v the sleeper.

The lower part al, of the iron bar d bent in trapezoidal shape bearsagainst the sleeper and runs parallel to the rails. Tt provides a longabutment from the rails. Also the part 6U Z1 of the clip may, as shownat el, be welded to the sleeper. The welding, however, is generally notnecessary. The part 0l, also effectively prevents the wearing out of theends of the iron bar by the foot of the rail.

On the right hand side of Fig. l, in making the cut away part 2),. thetongue z' is not stamped out but bent upwards'in order to form a goodsupport for the frame d. With this construction it is not necessary toweld 7o the upwardly bent ends c to the iron sleeper.

Fig. 3 shows a sole plate al with a stamped out trame al, provided witha foot extension d2. This foot extension is passed through Y the plateal and framed down like a rivet ,i515 head. This rivet head may ifnecessary be welded to the plate al.

What I claim is:

1. Means for securing rails to iron sleepers and sole plates having apressure piece forfso holding down the foot of the rail, a support,under which the pressure piece is placed, comprising a trame bent frombar iron, the lower part of whichbears against the sleeper or plate andserves as abutment for the rail f8.5 foot, and of which the downwardlybentl ends Y pass through a common hole in the sleeper or plate and arethen bent upwards to bear against the sleeper or plate.

2. Means for securing rails as claimed in claim 1 in which the frame iswelded to the sleeper or plate.

3. Means for securing rails to iron sleepers and sole plates having apressure piece for holding down the foot of the rail, a support, underwhich the pressure piece is placed, conuprising a frame stamped out froma plate, the lower part of which has a downwardly directed extensionwhich passes through a hole in the sleeper or plate and is riveted over.

4. Means for securing rails as claimed in claim in which the stamped outframe is welded to the sleeper or plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

MAX RPING.

